Slouchy hoodie, post-blocking

Obviously, the sleeves are a bit too long now, but the rest of the sweater works!  The yarn has unfortunately gotten extremely pilled, but I worked it over with a sweater stone pretty obsessively and it's slightly improved.  I am learning that the extremely soft and comfy yarns I love don't wear well over time, unfortunately.

Ingenue

Ingenue by Wendy Bernard.
Yarn: Knitpicks City Tweed DK, color plum wine, 9 skeins.
Needles: 6

Christmas Crafting

Christmas dresses for the girls.
Pattern: Antonine by Citronille
Fabric: Frou-frou

Two tunics and obi belts I made for myself, and a decadent Christmas eve dessert.

 

Christmas hats: the Holiday Lights Tam which I started for myself about 6 years ago and which, when I finally finished it, came out far too small for my head, and a purple earflap cap for Maisie.

 

A Christmas present commission for my friend's husband.

Easy unisex cowl by Jenifer Rank

Yarn: Manos del Uruguay silk blend

Needles: 6

Moth Hole Repairs

I was devastated to find numerous large, gaping moth holes in my Celes shawl.  I didn't take pictures of the damage before I set about trying to repair it with some extra yarn, a tapestry needle, and zero know-how.  I really just faked my way through this, trying to secure the loose ends and simulate the eyelets of the lace as best as I could. 

Up close, my fixes aren't pretty to look at, but I have found when I wear the shawl I can't see them at all, it takes ages to even find the spots where the holes were.  I also reblocked my shawl when I was done fixing it, and it is almost as good as new....

Summer Stitches

I haven't been keeping up with posting all of my finished objects this summer, so I'm going to do it in one fell swoop here.

First, on the knitting front: I finished my Pas de Valse cardigan.  It needs to be blocked in order to be long and loose and drapey enough on me, but here is my sister modeling it:

 

Then there is Eloise's cardigan:

I decided to sew myself some drapey, cowl neck jersey tees and tunics, based on a Gap t-shirt that I love. These versions were inspired by the gap shirt but also informed by the tutorial at one Avian Daemon.

None of them fit exactly as I had hoped, but I think they'll all be wearable.

In addition, I've been wanting to make a 3rd spring ruffle top by Rae since I made the first ones three years ago.  

 Then, there's a little project for my nieces, an adorable bunny rabbit made from a kit from Posy. 

And finally, Michele and I made this cake of le petit prince for my dad's birthday.

Maisie's Cardigan

Pattern: Little Ancolie by Nadia Crétin-Léchenne

Yarn: Sweet Georgia Yarns Merino Silk Lace, held doubled

Needles: US 4, 5 

This was a sweet, fun little knit.  I modified the picot edging so it wasn't so pronounced by only casting on 2 stitches instead of 4.  Also sleeves are short instead of 3/4 because I ran out of yarn.  I blocked the heck out of this thing to make sure it would fit Maisie, and fortunately it does!

fo: slouchy hoodie

Well, I finished all but the hood of this cardigan last July and posted about it then, and then added the hood in November, but didn't post.  Finally I got around to snapping some photos of it.  But the details about the sweater are in the earlier post here.